[Boatanchors] Hammarlund HQ-150

Ed Berbari eberbari at indy.rr.com
Fri May 13 19:22:18 EDT 2005


All,

My 150 has the red (not really reddish, but clearly red) knobs for the Q
multiplier.  In fact they are almost purple.

In any case, I really like my big box HQs.  Picking one over the other is
like asking me to choose among my children (well not really, the kids are a
lot more expensive!!).  To me they all sound great.  Got my first HQ-120 in
1964 as my first novice receiver (WN8LIE)

Ed, W9EJB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <Fitzpenne at aol.com>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Hammarlund HQ-150


> I have seen one HQ-150 with the reddish knobs and a
> color photograph of another one.  They are no where
> near as common as the HQ-140X but there are some
> around.  Of course someone could have "liked" the
> reddish knobs better and changed them from an HQ-140X.
>  However, the knobs on the Q-Multiplier were also the
> reddish tint.  But, back in the 1950s you could
> purchase all sorts of parts from National "off the
> shelf" so I would suspect that the various colored
> knobs were available.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
>
> --- "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've seen plenty of -140s with the brown knobs, never
> a  -150 though. My understanding is that the 140s were
> first sold with these but switched to black and the
> brown knobs used up. I would think that any -150s
> sporting brown knobs got them as a result of someone
> putting unoriginal knobs on and a new owner using the
> brown ones from a -140 to get back closer to original.
>
> Glen, K9STH
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